Verse (Click for Chapter) New International Version And they said to each other, “We should choose a leader and go back to Egypt.” New Living Translation Then they plotted among themselves, “Let’s choose a new leader and go back to Egypt!” English Standard Version And they said to one another, “Let us choose a leader and go back to Egypt.” Berean Standard Bible So they said to one another, “Let us appoint a leader and return to Egypt.” King James Bible And they said one to another, Let us make a captain, and let us return into Egypt. New King James Version So they said to one another, “Let us select a leader and return to Egypt.” New American Standard Bible So they said to one another, “Let’s appoint a leader and return to Egypt!” NASB 1995 So they said to one another, “Let us appoint a leader and return to Egypt.” NASB 1977 So they said to one another, “Let us appoint a leader and return to Egypt.” Legacy Standard Bible So they said to one another, “Let us appoint a leader and return to Egypt.” Amplified Bible So they said one to another, “Let us appoint a [new] leader and return to Egypt.” Christian Standard Bible So they said to one another, “Let’s appoint a leader and go back to Egypt.” Holman Christian Standard Bible So they said to one another, “Let’s appoint a leader and go back to Egypt.” American Standard Version And they said one to another, Let us make a captain, and let us return into Egypt. Aramaic Bible in Plain English And they said, each man to his brother, “Come, we shall make a Leader for us and we shall return to Egypt!” Brenton Septuagint Translation And they said one to another, Let us make a ruler, and return into Egypt. Contemporary English Version Then they said to one another, "Let's choose our own leader and go back." Douay-Rheims Bible And they said one to another: Let us appoint a captain, and let us return into Egypt. English Revised Version And they said one to another, Let us make a captain, and let us return into Egypt. GOD'S WORD® Translation They said to each other, "Let's choose a leader and go back to Egypt." Good News Translation So they said to one another, "Let's choose a leader and go back to Egypt!" International Standard Version Then they told each other, "Let's assign a leader and go back to Egypt." JPS Tanakh 1917 And they said one to another: 'Let us make a captain, and let us return into Egypt.' Literal Standard Version And they say to one another, “Let us appoint a head and return to Egypt.” Majority Standard Bible So they said to one another, “Let us appoint a leader and return to Egypt.” New American Bible So they said to one another, “Let us appoint a leader and go back to Egypt.” NET Bible So they said to one another, "Let's appoint a leader and return to Egypt." New Revised Standard Version So they said to one another, “Let us choose a captain, and go back to Egypt.” New Heart English Bible And they said to one another, "Let us make a captain, and let us return into Egypt." Webster's Bible Translation And they said one to another, Let us make a captain, and let us return into Egypt. World English Bible They said to one another, “Let’s choose a leader, and let’s return into Egypt.” Young's Literal Translation And they say one unto another, 'Let us appoint a head, and turn back to Egypt.' Additional Translations ... Audio Bible Context The People Rebel…3Why is the LORD bringing us into this land to fall by the sword? Our wives and children will become plunder. Would it not be better for us to go back to Egypt?” 4So they said to one another, “Let us appoint a leader and return to Egypt.” 5Then Moses and Aaron fell facedown before the whole assembly of the congregation of Israel.… Cross References Nehemiah 9:17 They refused to listen and failed to remember the wonders You performed among them. They stiffened their necks and appointed a leader to return them to their bondage in Egypt. But You are a forgiving God, gracious and compassionate, slow to anger and rich in loving devotion, and You did not forsake them. Numbers 14:5 Then Moses and Aaron fell facedown before the whole assembly of the congregation of Israel. Treasury of Scripture And they said one to another, Let us make a captain, and let us return into Egypt. Deuteronomy 17:16 But he shall not multiply horses to himself, nor cause the people to return to Egypt, to the end that he should multiply horses: forasmuch as the LORD hath said unto you, Ye shall henceforth return no more that way. Deuteronomy 28:68 And the LORD shall bring thee into Egypt again with ships, by the way whereof I spake unto thee, Thou shalt see it no more again: and there ye shall be sold unto your enemies for bondmen and bondwomen, and no man shall buy you. Nehemiah 9:16,17 But they and our fathers dealt proudly, and hardened their necks, and hearkened not to thy commandments, … Jump to Previous Appoint Captain Choose Egypt Head TurnJump to Next Appoint Captain Choose Egypt Head TurnNumbers 14 1. The people murmur at the news6. Joshua and Caleb labor to still them 11. God threatens them 13. Moses intercedes with God, and obtains pardon 26. The Murmurers are debarred from entering into the land 36. The men who raised the evil report die by a plague 40. The people that would invade the land against the will of God are smitten Verse 4. - Let us make a captain, and let us return into Egypt. Although this was only proposed in the wildness of their distress, yet it was a height of rebellion to which they had never risen before. They had lamented that they had not died in Egypt, and they had wished themselves back in Egypt, but they had never proposed to take any overt steps towards returning thither. Nothing less than an entire and deliberate revolt was involved in the wish to elect a captain for themselves, for the angel of the covenant was the Captain of the Lord's host (Joshua 5:14, 15). The proposal to depose him, and to choose another in his place, marked the extremity of the despair, the unbelief, and the ingratitude of the people. Parallel Commentaries ... Hebrew So they saidוַיֹּאמְר֖וּ (way·yō·mə·rū) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine plural Strong's 559: To utter, say to אֶל־ (’el-) Preposition Strong's 413: Near, with, among, to one אִ֣ישׁ (’îš) Noun - masculine singular Strong's 376: A man as an individual, a male person another, אָחִ֑יו (’ā·ḥîw) Noun - masculine singular construct | third person masculine singular Strong's 251: A brother, ) “Let us appoint נִתְּנָ֥ה (nit·tə·nāh) Verb - Qal - Imperfect Cohortative - first person common plural Strong's 5414: To give, put, set a leader רֹ֖אשׁ (rōš) Noun - masculine singular Strong's 7218: The head and return וְנָשׁ֥וּבָה (wə·nā·šū·ḇāh) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Conjunctive imperfect Cohortative - first person common plural Strong's 7725: To turn back, in, to retreat, again to Egypt.” מִצְרָֽיְמָה׃ (miṣ·rā·yə·māh) Noun - proper - feminine singular | third person feminine singular Strong's 4714: Egypt -- a son of Ham, also his descendants and their country in Northwest Africa Links Numbers 14:4 NIVNumbers 14:4 NLT Numbers 14:4 ESV Numbers 14:4 NASB Numbers 14:4 KJV Numbers 14:4 BibleApps.com Numbers 14:4 Biblia Paralela Numbers 14:4 Chinese Bible Numbers 14:4 French Bible Numbers 14:4 Catholic Bible OT Law: Numbers 14:4 They said one to another Let us (Nu Num.) |